arm64: update PAC description for kernel
Remove the paragraph which has nothing to do with the kernel and
add PAC description related to kernel.
Suggested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Kuan-Ying Lee <Kuan-Ying.Lee@mediatek.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20211201034014.20048-1-Kuan-Ying.Lee@mediatek.com
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
index f127666..e5dad2e 100644
--- a/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
+++ b/Documentation/arm64/pointer-authentication.rst
@@ -53,11 +53,10 @@
virtual address size configured by the kernel. For example, with a
virtual address size of 48, the PAC is 7 bits wide.
-Recent versions of GCC can compile code with APIAKey-based return
-address protection when passed the -msign-return-address option. This
-uses instructions in the HINT space (unless -march=armv8.3-a or higher
-is also passed), and such code can run on systems without the pointer
-authentication extension.
+When ARM64_PTR_AUTH_KERNEL is selected, the kernel will be compiled
+with HINT space pointer authentication instructions protecting
+function returns. Kernels built with this option will work on hardware
+with or without pointer authentication support.
In addition to exec(), keys can also be reinitialized to random values
using the PR_PAC_RESET_KEYS prctl. A bitmask of PR_PAC_APIAKEY,
